Unequal access to opioid agonist treatment and sterile injecting equipment among hospitalized patients with injection drug use-associated infective endocarditis.
Thomas D BrothersKimiko MosselerSusan KirklandPatti MelansonLisa BarrettDuncan WebsterPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Patients with IDU-IE in the Canadian Maritimes have unequal access to evidence-based addiction care depending on where they are hospitalized, which differs from the community-based standard of care. Indicators of potential unmet addiction care needs in hospital were common.